SpringSource Tool Suite  

The Best Development Tool for Enterprise Java

SpringSource Tool Suite™ (STS) provides the best Eclipse-powered development environment for building Spring-powered enterprise applications. STS supplies tools for all of the latest enterprise Java, Spring, Groovy and Grails based technologies as well as the most advanced tooling available for enterprise OSGi development.

Included with STS is the developer edition of vFabric tc Server, the drop-in replacement for Apache Tomcat that’s optimized for Spring. With its Spring Insight console, tc Server Developer Edition provides a graphical real-time view of application performance metrics that lets developers identify and diagnose problems from their desktops.

STS supports application targeting to local, virtual and cloud-based servers. It is freely available for development and internal business operations use with no time limits.

Spring Application Tools

• Spring project, bean and XML file wizards
• Graphical Spring configuration editor
• Spring 3.0 support including @Configuration and @Bean styles
• Spring Web Flow and Spring Batch visual development tools
• Spring Roo project wizard and development shell
• Spring Application blue prints and best practice validation

Flexible Deployment Targets

• Support for all the most common Java EE application servers
• Advanced support for SpringSource tc Server
• Cloud Foundry targeting for dm Server and tc Server
• VMware Lab Manager and Workstation integration and deployment

Enterprise OSGi Development

• OSGi bundle overview and visual dependency graph
• Classpath management based on OSGi meta data
• Automatic generation of manifest dependency meta data
• SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository browser
• Manifest file validation and best practice recommendations

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